The United States of beer
Subtitle: a freewheeling history of the all-American drink
By: Dane Huckelbridge
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780062389756
Subjects: Beer; Beer industry; History
Description: "A history of beer in America by the author of Bourbon chronicles how beer has evolved in every nation from a regional product to a global mega-brand, sharing anecdotes about such subjects as Washington's failed attempt to brew molasses at Mount Vernon and the manufacturing technologies that introduced beer to the Wild West,"--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: New England or A proper happy hour for the Mayflower; title: New York and the Mid-Atlantic or Of Yankee clippers and Flying Dutchmen; title: The South or A little Dixie goes a long way; title: The Midwest or The German beer barons finally hop to it; title: The West or Beers of the wild frontier; title: The West Coast or Wish they all could be California brews.